spartonboat1
07-02-2004, 01:35 AM
Sucker for a sales pitch that I am, I decided to buy a little portable steam cleaner I have been seeing on infomercials. This little cleaning unit sells under name "Shark" in Target stores.
So I tried it for the first time tonight and it works as advertised...pour in 800cc tap water, let it build up steam (I'm old enough I once worked on Great Lakes carrier with steam deck engines). Then point the spout at the end of the flexible line and squeeze the trigger. It looks tough and has good looking stainless steel and brass boiling unit.
Surprise! true steam comes out under pressure and oily greasy stuff comes off. Hold it about 1/4-1/2-1" away and the material loosens or flies off. Lots of adapters.
Now this was underhood of a car, but similar to the bilge I think, and I was able to get tiny nooks and crannies clean, which heretofore just wouldn't clean up. This is great because I'm an underhood neatnik.
Well, next to the boat and fire it up there. Looking forward to trying it on bilge floors, engine, etc.
So I'm a guy who found a nice toy... going to Drummond Island for the 4th...playing the Rock...a golf course built by Dominoe's Tom Monahan, who barged in massive quanties of dirt, because the entire island is a rock...bye...
So I tried it for the first time tonight and it works as advertised...pour in 800cc tap water, let it build up steam (I'm old enough I once worked on Great Lakes carrier with steam deck engines). Then point the spout at the end of the flexible line and squeeze the trigger. It looks tough and has good looking stainless steel and brass boiling unit.
Surprise! true steam comes out under pressure and oily greasy stuff comes off. Hold it about 1/4-1/2-1" away and the material loosens or flies off. Lots of adapters.
Now this was underhood of a car, but similar to the bilge I think, and I was able to get tiny nooks and crannies clean, which heretofore just wouldn't clean up. This is great because I'm an underhood neatnik.
Well, next to the boat and fire it up there. Looking forward to trying it on bilge floors, engine, etc.
So I'm a guy who found a nice toy... going to Drummond Island for the 4th...playing the Rock...a golf course built by Dominoe's Tom Monahan, who barged in massive quanties of dirt, because the entire island is a rock...bye...